Wiley confirms local redundancies in STM division
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
John Wiley & Sons has confirmed three positions in its Melbourne office have been made redundant. The redundancies are the result of a plan to centralise the marketing and...
Kobo launches ereader; REDgroup yet to confirm plans
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Kobo, the ebook platform provider developed by Indigo in Canada that REDgroup retail has become an investor in, has announced its previously flagged Kobo ereader is due to go on sale...
Burley Griffin biography wins national editing award
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Grand Obsessions: The Life and Work of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, written by Alasdair McGregor and edited by Nicola Young (Lantern), has won the national Barbara Ramsden...
Bologna book fair 2010 ‘busier, buzzier and happier’
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
The Bologna Children's Book Fair, which ran from 23 to 26 March, was reportedly a much busier event this year than in 2009. ‘The fair was agreed by all...
PM’s awards: entries open, new categories confirmed
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Entries for this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards have been announced, with confirmation that two new categories--children's and YA--have been added to the awards. Arts Minister Peter Garrett said...
In brief
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
White, Hazzard make ‘Lost' Booker shortlistVivisector by Patrick White and The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard are among the titles shortlisted for the ‘Lost' Man Booker Prize, a one-off...
Fancy Goods
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
New on the Fancy Goods blog this week: Q+A with Australian Booksellers Association conference speaker Richard Nash on ‘Publishing 3.0'; author interview with Maggie Joel on her new novel The...
On tour
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Authors on tour in April and May include: April Nicole Alexander, Random House (The Bark Cutters) Julie Goodwin, Random House (Our Family Table) Carole Wilkinson, Black Dog Books, ('Dragonkeeper' and...
Media Extra: What’s Hot?
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
The 50-year anniversary of architect Robin Boyd's first publication The Australian Ugliness (Text) has arrived, along with an anniversary edition to commemorate it. Boyd was a fierce critic of Australian...
Forthcoming events
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include:Nominations close for the Nan Chauncy Award, 31 MarchEntries close for Australian Family Therapists' Award for...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
There’s a storm brewing in South Dakota and also on this weeks bestseller charts as Lee Child’s thriller 61 Hours (Bantam) blasts in to number one ahead of Stieg Larsson's...
Pan Macmillan launches beta ebook site
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Pan Macmillan Australia has added an ebooks page to its website, listing all the publisher's titles available in ebook format. 'We've had these titles available since 2007 but with no...
Booksellers summit ‘a very constructive exercise’
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
A group of 15 bookselling and library supply representatives met in Sydney yesterday to 'discuss and come to agreement on the major issues facing booksellers'.The meeting included representatives from all...
CBCA awards shortlist
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
As reported in a Weekly Book Newsletter Special Bulletin yesterday, the shortlist for the 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards has been announced.‘With the nation's...
Bestsellers chart (week ending 20 March 2010)
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint RRP 1 61 Hours Lee Child Bantam $32.95 2 The Girl Who Played with...
Giveaway: Madman DVDs and manga
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Thanks to Madman, we have a box of assorted DVDs and manga to give away to some lucky Weekly Book Newsletter subscribers. If you'd like to be in the running...
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Quote of the week
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
'I'm pretty convinced that it will work, it's just the time it will take everyone to either have the content ready on the publisher side or on the bookseller side...
Giveaway for subscribers: Madman DVDs and manga
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Thanks to the kind folk at Madman Entertainment, we have a box of assorted DVDs and manga to give away. This competition has closed. An Easter gift is on its...
CBCA shortlist
Monday, 29 March 2010
The shortlist for The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards was announced at Queensland's Government House today.‘With the nation's focus on literacy, history and literature...
Media Extra: What’s Hot?
Sunday, 28 March 2010
The 50-year anniversary of architect Robin Boyd's first publication The Australian Ugliness (Text) has arrived, along with an anniversary edition to commemorate it. Boyd was a fierce critic of Australian...
Next Week’s Media Extra Due Tueday
Sunday, 28 March 2010
The next edition of Media Extra will be sent out on Tuesday 6 April 2010 due to the Easter Monday holiday.
Cleary, A&U lose defamation case; barrister awarded $630,000 in damages
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Author Phil Cleary and his publisher Allen & Unwin have lost a defamation case and have been ordered to pay $630,000 in damages. The judgement in the Victorian Supreme Court related...
New NZ educational publishing award
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced a new award to recognise excellence in New Zealand educational publishing. The award will be administered by PANZ and sponsored by...
Blacklock, Glover appointed to OzCo Lit Board
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Dyan Blacklock and Stuart Glover have been appointed to the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. Blacklock is an author and publisher (at Omnibus Books) and a...
Gillard launches school library inquiry
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Education Minister Julia Gillard has asked the parliament's House Standing Committee on Education and Training to launch an inquiry into and to report on ‘the role, adequacy and resourcing of...
Inside the current issue: Reviewers’ top picks
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Among our reviewers' top picks of forthcomg titles reviewed in the April issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine are: The Second-last Woman in England (Maggie Joel, Pier 9); Sunday's Kitchen: Food and...
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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